^Text is appended to the sqlite3_str object using various
+** methods, such as [sqlite3_str_appendf()].
+**

^The sqlite3_str object is destroyed and the string it created
+** is returned using the [sqlite3_str_finish()] interface.
+**

+*/
+typedef struct sqlite3_str sqlite3_str;
+
+/*
+** CAPI3REF: Create A New Dynamic String Object
+** CONSTRUCTOR: sqlite3_str
+**
+** ^The [sqlite3_str_new(D)] interface allocates and initializes
+** a new [sqlite3_str]
+** object. ^The [sqlite3_str_new()] interface returns NULL on an out-of-memory
+** condition. To avoid memory leaks, the object returned by
+** [sqlite3_str_new()] must be freed by a subsequent call to
+** [sqlite3_str_finish(X)].
+**
+** The D parameter to [sqlite3_str_new(D)] may be NULL. If the
+** D parameter in [sqlite3_str_new(D)] is not NULL, then the maximum
+** length of the string contained in the [sqlite3_str] object will be
+** the value set for [sqlite3_limit](D,[SQLITE_LIMIT_LENGTH]) instead
+** of [SQLITE_MAX_LENGTH].
+*/
+SQLITE_API sqlite3_str *sqlite3_str_new(sqlite3*);
+
+/*
+** CAPI3REF: Finalize A Dynamic String
+** DESTRUCTOR: sqlite3_str
+**
+** ^The [sqlite3_str_finish(X)] interface destroys the sqlite3_str object X
+** and returns a pointer to a memory buffer obtained from [sqlite3_malloc64()]
+** that contains the constructed string. The calling application should
+** pass the returned value to [sqlite3_free()] to avoid a memory leak.
+** ^The [sqlite3_str_finish(X)] interface may return a NULL pointer if any
+** errors were encountered during construction of the string. ^The
+** [sqlite3_str_finish(X)] interface will also return a NULL pointer if the
+** string in [sqlite3_str] object X is zero bytes long.
+*/
+SQLITE_API char *sqlite3_str_finish(sqlite3_str*);
+
+/*
+** CAPI3REF: Add Content To A Dynamic String
+** METHOD: sqlite3_str
+**
+** These interfaces add content to an sqlite3_str object previously obtained
+** from [sqlite3_str_new()].
+**
+** ^The [sqlite3_str_appendf(X,F,...)] and
+** [sqlite3_str_vappendf(X,F,V)] interfaces uses the [built-in printf]
+** functionality of SQLite to append formatted text onto the end of
+** [sqlite3_str] object X.
+**
+** ^The [sqlite3_str_append(X,S,N)] method appends exactly N bytes from string S
+** onto the end of the [sqlite3_str] object X. N must be non-negative.
+** S must contain at least N non-zero bytes of content. To append a
+** zero-terminated string in its entirety, use the [sqlite3_str_appendall()]
+** method instead.
+**
+** ^The [sqlite3_str_appendall(X,S)] method appends the complete content of
+** zero-terminated string S onto the end of [sqlite3_str] object X.
+**
+** ^The [sqlite3_str_appendchar(X,N,C)] method appends N copies of the
+** single-byte character C onto the end of [sqlite3_str] object X.
+** ^This method can be used, for example, to add whitespace indentation.
+**
+** ^The [sqlite3_str_reset(X)] method resets the string under construction
+** inside [sqlite3_str] object X back to zero bytes in length.
+**
+** These methods do not return a result code. ^If an error occurs, that fact
+** is recorded in the [sqlite3_str] object and can be recovered by a
+** subsequent call to [sqlite3_str_errcode(X)].
+*/
+SQLITE_API void sqlite3_str_appendf(sqlite3_str*, const char *zFormat, ...);
+SQLITE_API void sqlite3_str_vappendf(sqlite3_str*, const char *zFormat, va_list);
+SQLITE_API void sqlite3_str_append(sqlite3_str*, const char *zIn, int N);
+SQLITE_API void sqlite3_str_appendall(sqlite3_str*, const char *zIn);
+SQLITE_API void sqlite3_str_appendchar(sqlite3_str*, int N, char C);
+SQLITE_API void sqlite3_str_reset(sqlite3_str*);
+
+/*
+** CAPI3REF: Status Of A Dynamic String
+** METHOD: sqlite3_str
+**
+** These interfaces return the current status of an [sqlite3_str] object.
+**
+** ^If any prior errors have occurred while constructing the dynamic string
+** in sqlite3_str X, then the [sqlite3_str_errcode(X)] method will return
+** an appropriate error code. ^The [sqlite3_str_errcode(X)] method returns
+** [SQLITE_NOMEM] following any out-of-memory error, or
+** [SQLITE_TOOBIG] if the size of the dynamic string exceeds
+** [SQLITE_MAX_LENGTH], or [SQLITE_OK] if there have been no errors.
+**
+** ^The [sqlite3_str_length(X)] method returns the current length, in bytes,
+** of the dynamic string under construction in [sqlite3_str] object X.
+** ^The length returned by [sqlite3_str_length(X)] does not include the
+** zero-termination byte.
+**
+** ^The [sqlite3_str_value(X)] method returns a pointer to the current
+** content of the dynamic string under construction in X. The value
+** returned by [sqlite3_str_value(X)] is managed by the sqlite3_str object X
+** and might be freed or altered by any subsequent method on the same
+** [sqlite3_str] object. Applications must not used the pointer returned
+** [sqlite3_str_value(X)] after any subsequent method call on the same
+** object. ^Applications may change the content of the string returned
+** by [sqlite3_str_value(X)] as long as they do not write into any bytes
+** outside the range of 0 to [sqlite3_str_length(X)] and do not read or
+** write any byte after any subsequent sqlite3_str method call.
+*/
+SQLITE_API int sqlite3_str_errcode(sqlite3_str*);
+SQLITE_API int sqlite3_str_length(sqlite3_str*);
+SQLITE_API char *sqlite3_str_value(sqlite3_str*);
+
/*
** CAPI3REF: SQLite Runtime Status
**
** ^These interfaces are used to retrieve runtime status information
** about the performance of SQLite, and optionally to reset various